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Play Review Carrie Fisher Brings Essay

The last part of the show, Ms. Fisher, now at age 54, has her old and well-known Princess Leia "Cinnamon Bun Hairstyle" telling her audience how much she hated her character's hairdo since she felt it made her face look even rounder while taking two hours every day to style. Ms. Fisher shows a somnambulistic safety of using words like play-dough manipulating them cleverly and utmost witty. On the subject of her substance abuse she twists Karl Marx's famous quote "Religion is the opiate of the masses" to report she took "masses of opiates religiously." Further mocking-up the whole endeavor she involves audience members into the play -- even to the extent of handing out drink vouchers. Ms. Fisher was joined on stage by an unexpected guest during last Sunday evening's opening performance of Wishful Drinking -- the star's mother, Ms. Debbie Reynolds. The legend movie actress and "Singing in the Rain" star was "incognito" watching her daughter's show mocking Ms. Reynolds' own career and three marriages. Ms. Reynolds made her presence only known to the surprised audience by jumping on stage to perform a duet of "Happy Days are here again" in the show's finale with Fisher.

Wishful Drinking is very much a Hollywood insider...

Directed by Tony Taccone and designed by Alexander V. Nichols the play is based on Ms. Fisher's book of the same name. The one-woman show is extremely hilarious and funny. Ms. Fisher is witty, clever, acerbic, ironical and consistently entertaining at the same time. Sitting in the audience makes you feel participating in a slumber party to exchange confidences.
Ms. Fisher is the life in this party in this sobering description of her Hollywood celebrity hangover.

Wishful Drinking premiered in 2006, in Los Angeles and has since completed sell-out runs across the country, winning the prestigious 2010 Outer Critics' Circle Award. Ms. Fisher received a 2010 Grammy Nomination in the Best Spoken Word Album category for her bestselling memoir Wishful Drinking. The play opened on officially on Sunday, October 2, 2011. The limited engagement has been extended through October 30, 2011.

Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) [HIDDEN] and online at www.roundabouttheatre.org. A number of premium tickets will also be available. Ticket prices are $45 to $125. Wishful Drinking plays Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 8:00PM with a Wednesday and Saturday matinee…

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Ms. Fisher is the life in this party in this sobering description of her Hollywood celebrity hangover.

Wishful Drinking premiered in 2006, in Los Angeles and has since completed sell-out runs across the country, winning the prestigious 2010 Outer Critics' Circle Award. Ms. Fisher received a 2010 Grammy Nomination in the Best Spoken Word Album category for her bestselling memoir Wishful Drinking. The play opened on officially on Sunday, October 2, 2011. The limited engagement has been extended through October 30, 2011.

Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) [HIDDEN] and online at www.roundabouttheatre.org. A number of premium tickets will also be available. Ticket prices are $45 to $125. Wishful Drinking plays Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 8:00PM with a Wednesday and Saturday matinee at 2:00 PM. Prices range from $36.50-$126.50
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